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We show you how body scanners at the Metro Detention Center are paying off. The county used your tax dollars to buy the scanners about a year ago, and KOAT Action 7 News Reporter Angela Brauer shows us how they're used to stop drugs from coming into the jail.

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Updated: 7:43 PM MDT Jul 5, 2014

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We show you how body scanners at the Metro Detention Center are paying off. The county used your tax dollars to buy the scanners about a year ago, and KOAT Action 7 News Reporter Angela Brauer shows us how they're used to stop drugs from coming into the jail.

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WEBVTT TONIGHT, WE'RE SHOWING YOU HOW BODY SCANNERS AT THE METRO DETENTION CENTER ARE PAYING OFF. THE COUNTY USED YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO BUY THE SCANNERS ABOUT A YEAR AGO... AND AS KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGELA BRAUER SHOWS US, THEY'RE USED TO STOP DRUGS FROM COMING INTO THE JAIL. IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER RECENTLY... MAYBE YOU'VE VISITED SOMEONE... YOU'VE HAD TO WALK THROUGH THIS... A BODY SCANNER, LIKE WHAT YOU'D SEE AT THE AIRPORT. "we can see anything that is in your pocket, anything in your clothing, anything that is inside of you" FORMER MDC CHIEF RAMON RUSTIN WAS THERE WHEN THE SCANNERS WERE INSTALLED. HE TALKED TO ACTION 7 NEWS BEFORE HE RESIGNED, SAYING THE SCANNERS HAVE BEEN WORTH IT! "the inmates immedaitely go to the bathroom before they get to the scanner, sure enough now our toilets are clogged because they're flushing whatever they had on them" "MDC says they're seeing less contraband in jail cells because of the scanners...but they're still seeing problems ...we're picking up reports like this one every day...charges of bringing contraband into a jail, possession of drugs or a controlled substance. Their response?" "we have to change some policies and procedures" OFFICIALS ARE STILL SEEING A LOT OF DRUGS IN THEIR MAIL SYSTEM.. ANOTHER PROBLEM: INMATES' ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC. "like outdoor details, cleaning up property, doing the roads we still need to tighten up how we bring those inmates back into the facility" TIGHTEN UP...AND MAKE M-D-C A SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE. ANGELA BRAUER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. WE'RE TOLD ANOTHER WAY THAT SOME INMATES GET DRUGS...IS WHEN

MDC Scanner

We show you how body scanners at the Metro Detention Center are paying off. The county used your tax dollars to buy the scanners about a year ago, and KOAT Action 7 News Reporter Angela Brauer shows us how they're used to stop drugs from coming into the jail.